patent infringement lawsuit

A new battle for snack supremacy is being fought -- not over who makes the best cookies, but over who has rights to the packaging they come in. Kraft Foods Global Brands is suing Kellog's, claiming the company is using Kraft's patented technology to keep Keebler and Sandies cookies fresh.

A patent lawsuit brought by Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen against Apple, Google, and Yahoo,among others, has been dismissed. The judge found the suit, which failed to specify the products or devices that infringed on patents from Allen's company, too vague.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen slapped a host of tech titans with a patent infringement lawsuit Friday, alleging that they were utilizing technologies developed by a lab that he had invested in. On his his naughty list: Google, YouTube, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Netflix and AOL, among others.